Supported versions · Firmware that can run as a WireGuard client. OpenWrt, current ASUS firmware and GL.iNet models qualify.
Install and switch on
- 1Settle the VPN pass in your cart from your balance.
- 2Open My info > Get the apps, choose Router and save the WireGuard file.
- 3From a computer on your home network, enter the router's address in a browser and log in to its admin page.
- 4Look for a WireGuard or VPN client menu, then either import the file or paste the text.
- 5Save, then enable the connection.
- 6On a phone using that Wi-Fi, open /ip-check. The country shown should be the server's.
Is a router setup right for me?
Consoles, smart TVs and cable boxes have nowhere to install a VPN app. Joined to a router running CoxVPN, they're protected anyway, and you skip configuring each gadget.
There is a trade-off: every file targets one server, so a new location means importing a new file. If you change countries a lot, leave the router parked on one location and, after the apps launch, do your country switching on a phone or laptop.
Sending only certain devices through it
Plenty of routers allow that. OpenWrt calls it policy routing, ASUS has VPN Director, and GL.iNet puts per-device rules in its VPN client page. Handy for a work laptop or a console that should bypass the VPN.
Leave the DNS entry in the file exactly as it is, because it keeps name lookups with CoxVPN. If parental controls or DNS rebind protection are on, confirm they don't override it.
Slow speeds, or connected but offline
When a router runs the VPN, its processor sets the speed ceiling. A dated or budget router may crawl with the VPN on, however fast your line is.
The router reports connected yet nothing loads? Look at its clock and its firmware version. A wrong clock makes the WireGuard handshake fail, and old firmware can misread parts of the file.